platform
a raised horizontal surface
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,880 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 5,734 times across 173,643 chapters — 0.003% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a raised horizontal surface the speaker mounted the platform
- a document stating the aims and principles of a political party also: political platform, political program, program their candidate simply ignored the party platformthey won the election even though they offered no positive program
- the combination of a particular computer and a particular operating system
- any military structure or vehicle bearing weapons also: weapons platform
- a woman's shoe with a very high thick sole also: chopine
platform in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Two of Lady Maria's men were waiting on the platform.
Emily Fox-Seton · Frances Hodgson Burnett · Chapter 1
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John Cavendish was waiting on the platform, and piloted me out to the car.
The Mysterious Affair at Styles · Agatha Christie · Chapter 1
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And Atkinson and McGreggor arranged my cushion and rugs for me, Augustus uneasily watching the platform meanwhile.
The Reflections of Ambrosine: A Novel · Elinor Glyn · Chapter 1
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But when her journey drew near its end she was foolishly nervous, and scanned the platform with anxious eye.
The Half-Hearted · John Buchan · Chapter 1
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Down the platform was the new freight agent, a thickset, rubber-shod individual with a projecting lower jaw and a lowering countenance.
The City of Fire · Grace Livingston Hill · Chapter 1